HARRISBURG — Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced Wednesday she fired four employees and disciplined 27 others after an internal investigation into receipt of sexually explicit emails.

None of those fired was an attorney or agent, she said. Three were office administrators and one was a janitor.

Kane spokeswoman Renee Martin said the four employees were terminated for sharing pornographic emails. One of them received at least two sexually explicit emails from a former agent who had gotten them from former Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery, a review by The Morning Call shows.

The emails were recovered from computer servers during Kane's review of how Tom Corbett, as attorney general, had handled a grand jury investigation of Jerry Sandusky, a retired Penn State assistant football coach later convicted of child sexual abuse.

In September, Kane's office showed reporters some of the sexually explicit material found in email in-boxes of eight former employees. After the media showing, Gov. Corbett and Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald Castille demanded to see the records, too.

The eight men originally outed by Kane have lost their government or private-sector jobs. McCaffery retired last month after a majority of the high court voted to suspend him.

Kane's announcement Wednesday was the first official indication her office had disciplined any current employees for the scandal.

Her office previously said 22 union-level agents and eight non-union supervisors had received sexually explicit emails. On Wednesday it announced an additional 31 "individuals were identified as having exchanged sexually explicit emails."

Kane, who is recuperating from injuries she suffered in a car accident, could not be reached.

Analysis released by Pennsylvania's chief justice reveals new number of sexually explicit e-mails sent by Justice Seamus McCaffery. Five people with ties to the state attorney general's office have lost their jobs in the scandal.

Analysis released by Pennsylvania's chief justice reveals new number of sexually explicit e-mails sent by Justice Seamus McCaffery. Five people with ties to the state attorney general's office have lost their jobs in the scandal.

But in a statement, she said: "This behavior violated computer and email policies and on an even more troubling level showed a fundamental disregard and disrespect for people who work in the OAG and for Pennsylvanians."

Of the 61 attorney general's office employees found to have at least received sexually explicit emails, 27 received written reprimands in their personnel files, 15 received verbal counseling not to do it again, 11 were suspended without pay, two resigned before being disciplined and two will be fired after their appeals are exhausted, according to the statement.

Kane's office on Wednesday named the four fired men because that information is available under the state's Right-to-Know Law. They are:

•Russell Nutter, who made $88,431 as chief of office services. He got the two emails that were part of McCaffery's chain. There is no proof Nutter opened or forwarded them.